Seriously, these events are nothing more than an extension of what we have seen in how science is treated in america, today. Opinion, religious conviction, and policy preference all trump science in Bush's america. It doesn't matter if it's true or not, it doesn't even matter if people believe it, what matters now is if those in positions of authority prefer it that way. Once you control information, you can dictate the rules of the debate.

Science is now considered merely an opinion, a subversive one, rather than a field of study bound by logic and facts, by the powers that be and the chief reason for its fall from grace is that conclusions derived from the scientific method did not support the positions put forth by those currently sitting in the white house. This attitude is spreading, as can be witnessed by the south dakota legislation hijacking of a doctor's relationship with his patient where it orders the doctor to deliver scientifically unsupported information to those seeking an abortion. But then science is nothing more than opinion now, isn't it? And according to the legislature, the truth is not what is supported by facts but rather what can be supported through punishment and mandate. One wonders though, if the doctor delivers the information mandated by the legislature and the woman does not have an abortion even though medical tests show that going to term would, more than likely, result in her death. If she dies, can her husband sue the south dakota legislature for medical malpractice?